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Ringfort - rath

Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumsna, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumsna
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.93132, -8.00413
SMR number
LE031-069----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the slight E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 29m) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2m), with traces of an external fosse at N. The original entrance is not identified, and the rath (LE031-068----) is c. 35m to the SW. Archaeological testing (94E0051) c. 20m to the E on the line of the N4 failed to produce any related material (Opie 1994, 5, fig. 9; 1995).

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 16 October 2019

References

Opie, H. 1994 Report on Archaeological Investigations at five sites, Drumsna/Jamestown by-pass, Co. Leitrim. Licence No. 94E0051 Unpublished report, V. J. Keely-Schmidt

Opie, H. 1995d Drumsna-Jamestown (Various sites centred on Drumsna). In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1994: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 52-3, no. 148, 1. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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